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KAMM, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 81,721, dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVED PAINT-GOMPOUN D.

TO ALL. WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known. that I, HENRY F. WILLSON, of .Fort Wayne, in the county ofAllen, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Chemically Treating Oil for Painting Purposes; and dohereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accomponying drawings,and to the letters of reference merited thereon, in which like lettersrefer to like parts in the different figures.

To enable others skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation. d V

Thenature of my invention consists in so combining mineral salts withthe various fat acids contained in common linseed-oil as to form a.vmetallic vitreous compound suitable for painting purposes.

To compound my paint, make a solution of one ounce of pure carbonate ofsoda and one-half ounce of borate of soda to one quart of a. saturatedsolution of hydrate of lime. Then add white lead ground in oil, at therate of eight pounds of oil to one hundred pounds of lead, or any othermetallic pigment, until the whole is of the consistency of ordinarypaint. Then add to the mixture one'pint of pure linseed-oil and stirwell.

When the chemical union has been perfected, the paint is ready for use.Paint thus prepared is impervious to water, and is fire-proof.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Thecombination of the above-specified ingredients, as and for thepurposespecified.

H. F. WILLSON.

Witnesses:

W. B. SCHOENBEIN, JAMES E. GRAHAM.

